THE SMELL OF WAR

Olfactory Art Exhibition

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Datum: vrijdag 1 mei 2015 10:00

SEE, EXPERIENCE & SMELL

The exhibition 'The Smell Of War' is divided intotwo parts. The main partis the exhibitionwithworks by international olfactory artists which use smell as medium of the artwork. A secondpart consists ofthe use ofgas masksas the subject ofthe artwork.

Smell used as concept of the artwork

Smell as context of the artwork

Gas masks as subject of the artwork

Reflections on the first gas attacks

Curated by 'The Olfactory'

In 2014 Peter de Cupere realised 'The Olfactory', a non-profit travelling exhibition concept . With The Olfactory he realized 33 (one-day) exhibitions in 7 weeks in a container to research and promote olfactory art. The Smell of War will be his first bigger exhibition with 'The Olfactory'. Peter de Cupere is an olfactory artist. He is a researcher at the PXL Mad where he does a phd-research about the use of scent as a medium in artworks. In 2012 he was invited by the city of Poperinge to do a proposal for 'Poperinge Terminus'. The starting pointof this exhibition is his work 'Heroes also die' (1997 - 2012) which will be part of this exhibition.